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Running head: PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION FOR NARCISSUS’ MYTH
Psychological Explanation for Narcissus’ Myth in Ovid’s Metamorphosis
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Psychological Explanation for Narcissus’ Myth in Ovid’s Metamorphosis
According to Ancient Greek mythology, Narcissus was an extraordinarily handsome boy,
son of Liriope and Cefiso. In the book Metamorphosis, Ovid presents Narcissus’s handsomeness
as that shown exclusively by gods and goddesses (Barrow, 2017). Being so handsome, Narcissus
once saw his reflection on the surface of the water while he leaned down to drink. He rapidly fell
in love with the reflection, as he saw such a handsome boy he could not do otherwise. According
to Ovid, Narcissus’ love with his own reflex on the surface of the water was so intense that he
forgot to eat or drink for days, until he died while waiting for the reflection on the water to fall in
love with him, as he had fallen in love with it (Barrow, 2017).
Psychologists have used this myth in an attempt to understand the biased perception of
reality that patients have. As Narcissus, these patients are excessively fond of themselves, which
somehow prevents them from recognizing the achievements of others (Sandler, Person &
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